PA TIMES Online Editorial Calendar

Due dates are rolling throughout the year. Columnists should refer to their columnist acceptance letters for due dates. Ad hoc submissions are accepted through patimes@aspanet.org at any time. Articles should refrain from taking a partisan perspective on the issues under discussion; we encourage articles to be focused on public administration, not politics.Winter 2019: Public Service
Topics for this quarter include but are not limited to:

Performance-based initiatives

Standards for government efficiency

Innovative HR strategies

Employee recruitment, retention and training

Cultivating leadership

Nonprofit and NGO collaboration

Volunteerism

Civic engagement, community visioning and public service motivation

Accountability standards and best practices

Ethics in public service

Transitions between military and public service

Spring 2019: Infrastructure and Public Finance
Topics for this quarter include but are not limited to:

Performance-informed budgeting and reporting

Acquisition, contracts, procurement and grants

Public debt

Retirement systems and pensions

Public-private partnerships

Public health costs, care and maintenace

Roads, highways and bridges

Water and power management

Nonfunctioning infrastructure

Cybersecurity

Technological breakthroughs and emerging trends

Fall 2019: Social Equity
Topics for this quarter include but are not limited to:

Public services in and for at-risk communities

Immigration policies

Police and community relations

Equity in the community and the workplace

Revitalizing the middle class

Elections administration

The opioid crisis

Equitable use of technology

Winter 2019: International Public Administration
Topics for this quarter include but are not limited to: